Excessive violence and psychotic symptomatology among homicide offenders with schizophrenia

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 242-253

  Laajasalo, Taina ^a   Häkkänen, Helinä ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELUSION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HALLUCINATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PSYCHOSIS; SADISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL CRIME; STAB WOUND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; FINLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HALLUCINATIONS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34250685383     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.635     Document Type: Article

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